S 163

A.D. 808 (Tamworth, Staffs., Easter Day, 16 April). Coenwulf, king of Mercia, to Eadwulf, minister; grant of 1.5 sulungs (aratra) at Cooling, Kent. Latin with bounds

Archive:

Canterbury, Christ Church

MSS:

1. London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 98 (s. ix 1; BM Facs., ii. 9)
2. London, British Library, Stowe 853, f. 13r-v (s. xvii)

Printed:

K, 194; B, 326

Comments:

Sweet, OET, p. 455 (no. 50); Liebermann 1913, p. 31 n. 4, on witness-list; Wallenberg, KPN, pp. 106-7, on place-names; Parsons 1939, pp. 14, 21-2, 24-5, genuine and contemporary; Wright 1950, p. 391; Ch.L.A., iv, p. xviii, on script; Bruckner 1965, p. 29, on script; Chaplais 1968, p. 333, MS 1 original, discusses attached schedule of witnesses (= 1973, p. 84); Sawyer 1983, pp. 296-7, on meeting-place; Brooks 1984, pp. 169-70, 359 n. 67, 361 n. 76, MS 1 original, Canterbury formulation although issued at Tamworth and covering land in Rochester diocese; Kelly 1990, p. 44, cited with reference to schedule of witnesses; Lowe 2001, Appendix III.35; Thompson 2006, pp. 20 et passim, on script

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    • + Anno uero dominice incarnationi .dcccoviiio. indictione xv. et regni mei a Deo concessi .xii. Ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum pro remedie anime mee et pro absolutione peccaminum meorum tibi meo fideli ministro Eaduulfo dabo aliquantulam partem terre iuris mei in propriam potestatem id est unam aratro et dimidiam in loco que appellatur Culingas cum omnibus usis ad eam rite pertinentibus ad habendam ac possidendam et cuicumque placuerit in hereditate derelinquendam . Hec sunt termina huius agri . ab oriente cyninges tuntih ab aquilone Genlad ab occidente Biornheardes lond a meridie Ðorndun . Si quis autem quod non optamus maliuolo mente hanc meam donationem infringere temtauerit sciat se rationem esse reddituram ante tribunal Domini nostri Iesu Christi nisi ante ea pleniter emendauerit . Actum est in loco celeberrimo quae a uulgo uocatur Tomeworðig .xvi. kalendas Maias . et eodem die pascha celebratur coram his testibus quorum nomina supter conscripta notantur. + Ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum propria manu signo sancte crucis Christi consensi et subscripsi. + Ego Ælfþryð regina consensi et subscripsi + Ego Heaberht dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Beor\n/noð dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Ceolward dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Cynhelm dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Ecgferð dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego By\r/nwald dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Eadferð dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Heardberht dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Ceolberht dux consensi et subscripsi + Ego Dynne dux consensi et subscripsi
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    • Bounds of Cooling. To the east, the king’s tun tih. To the north, the counter-channel. To the west, Beornheard’s land. To the south, thorn-tree down.
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    • Endorsements: (1) twice in a contemporary hand: Culingaboc (2) in a hand of s. xii: Rex Kenulfus dedit culig eaduulfo ministro Px Anno vero dominicæ incarnationi . dccc oviii o . indict' . xv a . et regni mei a Deo concessi . xii o . ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum pro remedie animæ meæ et pro absolutione peccaminum meorum tibi meo fideli ministro Eaduulfo dabo aliquantulam partem terræ juris mei in propriam potestatem id est unam aratro et dimidiam in loco quæ appellatur Culingas cum omnibus usis ad eam rite pertinentibus ad habendam ac possidendam et cuicumque placuerit in hereditate derelinquendam . Hæc sunt termina huius agri . ab oriente cyninges tuntih ab aquilone genlad ab occidente biornheardes lond a meridiæ ∂orndun . Si quis autem quod non optamus malivolo mente hanc meam donationem infringere temtaverit sciat se rationem esse reddituram ante tribunal domini nostri Jhesu Christi nisi ante ea pleniter emendaverit . Actum est in loco celeberrimo quæ a vulgo vocatur Tomewor∂ig . xvi . k'l m?i . et eodem die pascha celebratur coram his testibus quorum nomina supter conscripta notantur . + Ego Coenuulf rex Merciorum propria manu signo sanctæ crucis Christi consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Ælf∂ry∂ regina consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Heaberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Beor'n'no∂ dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Ceolward dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Cynhelm dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Ecgfer∂ dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego By'r'nwald dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Eadfer∂ dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Heardberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Ceolberht dux consensi 7 subscripsi . + Ego Dynne dux consensi 7 subscripsi .